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Which writer, author of 'Rickshaw Boy' and the play 'Teahouse', chronicled the lives of Beijing's working poor in the early 20th century and committed suicide during the Cultural Revolution?
Answer: Lao She — Lao She (Shu Qingchun) wrote in the distinctive Beijing vernacular, and his novel Rickshaw Boy (Luotuo Xiangzi) is a bleak naturalistic portrait of a rickshaw puller ground down by poverty.
- A Ba Jin
- B Cao Yu
- C Shen Congwen
- D Lao She ✓
Lao She (Shu Qingchun) wrote in the distinctive Beijing vernacular, and his novel Rickshaw Boy (Luotuo Xiangzi) is a bleak naturalistic portrait of a rickshaw puller ground down by poverty.